Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944

by J. Clay Smith Jr (Author), Thurgood Marshall (Foreword)

Winner of the W. E. B. Du Bois Book Award of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists

“Emancipation is an important and impressive work; one cannot read it without being inspired by the legal acumen, creativity, and resiliency these pioneer lawyers displayed. . . . It should be read by everyone interested in understanding the road African-Americans have traveled and the challenges that lie ahead.”—From the Foreword, by Justice Thurgood Marshall